Police: Man choked woman, ran over her foot with car

PEORIA — A Peoria man choked his girlfriend and ran over her foot with his car early Sunday after the two argued about how much she was texting, according to police.

The incident occurred around 4 a.m. in the 20-year-old woman’s apartment in the 2700 block of West Trewyn Avenue, police said.

According to the police report, the woman was texting so frequently that her 42-year-old boyfriend got upset, grabbed her phone, removed its battery and handed the phone back to her. She found the battery and started calling a friend. He then took the phone and left the apartment.

Once outside, the couple started to argue, and he choked her with both hands, according to the police report.

After the woman slapped him, he punched her in the face and fled to his car, according to the police report. As he was pulling away from the apartment, he ran over the woman’s foot and left the scene.

The woman was driven to UnityPoint Health-Methodist by a friend and released later Sunday. The man was reportedly wanted by police for questioning.